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We\'re Not Only Afraid Of The Rising Water

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

We're not only afraid of the rising water But now the looters

I asked them where they were goin' They didn't know They didn't know They have no place to go

They were on rooftops for days It's gonna be a long time, a very long time

They don't know

It's something you can't imagine It's close to home It's Home

You feel bad for them This is us Did you think this would happen to you?

I don't want to get caught in no water Just keep walkin' Just keep walkin'

I don't know what to say If I'd know'd it'd be this bad I'd a just kept on goin'

They don't know where they're goin' They know they don't have the means to get there

Everything's devastation & It's been a nightmare Holy holy hell I thought they'd have more boats

Lost in your own City Nails, 2-by-4s, splinters Stacks of bloated bodies Block the bridge

The Wauter Patois: Creole Cajun

We thought we was gonna die We thought everybody was gonna die

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“We\'re Not Only Afraid Of The Rising Water,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26294.